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The Sentinel | Classification: Horror Directed: - Michael Winner Actors/Actresses: - Cristina Raines - Ava Gardner An strange, unusual horrror film. When a young successful beautiful Model and Commercial Actress (Chistina Raines) learns that, her new apartment in Brooklyn Heights-New York City. She discovers, there's an old priest (John Carradine) guards the Gates of Hell and Ultimately she's there for a reason. Directed by Micheal Winner (Death Wish 1-2-3, Lawman, The Mechanic) made a One of a Kind supernatural story. Which is different and Unique. Based on a Bestseller novel by Jeffery Korvitz, which he produced the film with Winner. Raines gives a terrific performance in this. Also starring:Chris Sarandon, Burgess Mededith, Jose Ferrer, Arthur Kennedy, Ava Gardner, Martin Balsam, Sylvia Miles, Beverly D'Angelo, Deborah Raffin & Eli Wallach. This is a Surprisngly slick horror film, that is worth watching. DVD's has an clean Pan & Scan (1.33:1) transfer and an good Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono Sound. DVD Extras are:Theatrical Tralier and Production Notes. This underrated classic is a Winner. Watch for Christopher Walken, Jerry Orbach, Jeff Goldblum, William Hickey and Tom Berenger in Cameos. Screenplay by the Director. Grade:A-. Great atmosphere, a stunning cast, well worth watching! This is a classic '70s style horror film, probably quite shocking at the time, and still very effective today. Atmosphere is everything in this film, but be prepared for a few truly shocking jolts as well. The story is pretty straight forward. A young woman moves into a new apartment where strange occurrences begin to take place...but the story is in the details, and the wonderful performances of an amazingly chosen cast that consists of a who's who of veteran stars and up & coming talent. Trust me, you'll have a field day spotting such familiar faces such as Chris Sarandon, Burgess Meredith, Eli Wallach, Christopher Walken, Martin Balsam, John Carradine, José Ferrer, Ava Gardner, Arthur Kennedy, Jeff Goldblum, Jerry Orbach, Sylvia Miles, Beverly D'Angelo, William Hickey, Tom Berenger , & Nana Visitor. They don't put together cast like that anymore, even some of the smallest parts have outstanding actors & actresses playing them. The film features a very effective performance by Cristina Raines that shouldn't be missed. Excellent Horror Classic; curious difference in story I have just purchase the DVD from Goodtimes Video of the 70's horror classic. As other customers have noted, it is really worth having, and there is indeed a lot that you will see that is cut out of "TV" versions. However, there is at least one scene missing from the DVD, and I wonder if other viewers have noticed this..that is the scene or scenes that pertain to the group of priests who call themselves "The Brotherhood of the protectors" who had been disbanded from the church for their beliefs. The is at least one scene showing a meeting of the "brothers" that is in my age-old tape of a television broadcast of the film that is not shown in the DVD. However, in the beginning of the DVD, the movie begins in Northern Italy with a group of priests discussing the "danger" as do the "brotherhood" in the "other" version. I also note the another DVD version is set to be released on September 7, 2004 by Umvd. So, I await this release to see if the deleted scene is included. I wonder if anyone would like to comment on this oddity? Aside from this curious detail, I thoroughly enjoyed the DVD from Goodtimes Video. Buy The Sentinel at Amazon.com Buy posters at Allposters.com Jamster - the latest ringtones for your phone!  Search with Walhello on the Internet on The Sentinel Search with the Priority Search Engine on The Sentinel This page in other languages: Suomeksi | Nederlands | Deutsch
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